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Jeffrey I. Steinfeld
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Professor of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. Received
B.S. degree in Chemistry at M.I.T. in 1962, and Ph.D. in physical
chemistry (with Prof. William Klemperer) in 1965. Following a year
as N.S.F. Postdoctoral Fellow with the late Lord George Porter at
the University of Sheffield (U.K.), joined the M.I.T. Chemistry Department
in 1966.
Research specialties include molecular spectroscopy, molecular energy
transfer, and laser applications to chemistry, including optical methods
for remote sensing and atmospheric monitoring. Currently ca. 180 research
publications on these topics. Author of textbooks on molecular spectroscopy
[Molecules and Radiation, 2nd ed., M.I.T. Press, 1985; Chinese translation,
1983] and chemical kinetics [Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, with
J.S. Francisco and W.L. Hase, Prentice-Hall, 1989; 2nd ed., 1999;
Japanese translation, 1995 ]. Co-editor of Spectrochimica Acta, Part
A, 1983 - 1988; member of International Advisory Board, Progress in
Natural Science: Communications from State Key Laboratories in China.
Visiting appointments have included professorships at the University
of California, Berkeley and University of Leiden, Netherlands [J.S.
Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1972 - 73], University of Southern
California [1981], Joint Insitute of Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder,
Colo. [1983], Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France [1991],
University of Sydney, Australia [1999], and Consulting Committee of
the University of Science and Technology of China [2001 – 2004].
Served as Project Specialist for World Bank Chinese Provincial Universities
Development Project [Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, P.R.C., 1988].
Co-chair of Symposium on Future Trends in Spectroscopy at the Vatican
in 1989. Professional society memberships include American Physical
Society [Fellow, Division of Chemical Physics], American Chemical
Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi
Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Federation of American Scientists, and Union
of Concerned Scientists.
Present research and teaching emphasis is on atmospheric chemistry
and introducing concepts of sustainability and environmental responsibility
across the curriculum. Current and recent activities in this area
include serving as Director of the Education Program in the Laboratory
for Energy and the Environment at M.I.T., Chair of the Education Team
of the Alliance for Global Sustainability, member [1997 – 2004
] and Chair [1999 – 2000 ] of the American Chemical Society's
Committee on Environmental Improvement, and as member of the National
Research Council Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical
Stockpile Disposal Program. Received 1999 ACS Director's Award for
Advancing ACS Public Policy in Environment, for work to encourage
the use of sound science in global climate change policy.
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